US5934483A - Bi-chamber air classifier with coaxial ascending dispersed feed - Google Patents

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US5934483A
US5934483A US08/930,783 US93078397A US5934483A US 5934483 A US5934483 A US 5934483A US 93078397 A US93078397 A US 93078397A US 5934483 A US5934483 A US 5934483A
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    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
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  • the present invention concerns an apparatus for classifying particulate material, as presented in the introductory of claim 1.
  • Particle classification processes are of critical importance for many grinding circuits.
  • the energy consumption for grinding circuits can be reduced drastically as classification efficiency is high.
  • Ideal classification can be defined as the separation of particle stream into two frictions, one containing only fine material (below a specified size) and the second of only coarse particles.
  • some grains of the feed to the classifier can be taken both to the coarse and to the fine stream.
  • the contents of fine material in the coarse stream and coarse material in the fine stream gives a measure of classification efficiency or classification sharpness.
  • the amount of coarse material in the fine fraction is determined mainly by rotor construction.
  • rotor classifiers forced vortex
  • the amount of fine material in the coarse stream is very different for many classifiers as it depends on its construction. This is the main indicator of the classification efficiency.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 4,260,478 discloses an apparatus for classifying particles comprising a body having a fine particle outlet at the top of the apparatus and a coarse particle outlet at the bottom.
  • An air flow comprising dispersed unclassified material is supplied to the classification zone from below through a vertically arranged supply pipe.
  • the classification zone is provided with two co-axially arranged rotors or separating wheels, in which the inner rotor is provided with a feed cone which co-rotates with the same.
  • the feed cone is arranged to disperse the material into the classification zone.
  • This construction has several disadvantages; first, the feed cone is subject to high wear due to high impact force between the rotating feed cone and the upward flowing unclassified material.
  • the cone may exhibit un-evenly distributed grooves and similar in the external surface of the same, which may create unbalance and wear of the rotor blade bearings and the engine connected with the same, and second, the outlet section for removal of air and fine classified material from the classification zone is shaped as an ordinary 90° bend, which result in a friction loss and for that reason higher energy consumption at the air supply end of the classification process.
  • the largest diameter of the feed cone is smaller than the lower diameter of the inner rotor blades, material will contact the rotor blades and result in a wear of the same.
  • DE Patent No. 920.704 discloses a particle separator of the similar type as described above. This construction, however, represents an early stage in the development of such apparatuses, and produces a poor classification efficiency, mainly due to the small volume available to classification. Also in this construction, the rotor blades are subject to wear as the particle feed contacts the blades directly.
  • the classification zone is provided with four rotor units distributed in a horisontal plane in an equal mutual distance, and the rotors rotates about a horisontal axis.
  • a stationary feed cone is provided below the rotors.
  • a vertically arranged supply pipe for partly classified material, from the secondary classification zone below, dispersed in an air flow is located beneath the feed cone.
  • the supply pipe exhibits a truncated cone shaped upper section and a sylindrically shaped lower section which terminates above a secondary classification zone.
  • the secondary classification zone is supplied with air flowing tagentially into the same, and is provided with a further rotor unit arranged coaxially with the longitudinal axis of the main apparatus.
  • Material to be classified is supplied to the classification zone with a screw conveyor into the annular section establised by the internal casing of the apparatus and the external surface of the supply pipe.
  • the peripheral supply of material feed results in a poor dispersion of the particulate material in the air, which again results in a lower classification efficiency
  • the arrangement of the secondary classification zone will establish a stationary (non-rotating) zone at the axis of rotation of air and dispersed particulate material, which further decreases the classification efficiency.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus of the type described above which avoids the disadvantages connected with the respective constructions.
  • the present invention concerns an apparatus of the type forced vortex air for classification of particulate material into a fine portion and a coarse portion, the apparatus comprising:
  • an upper section having a substantially truncated cone shape and comprising a separating wheel rotating about a substantially vertical axis, inlet means for air and particulate material to be classified, and a first outlet for air and classified fine particulate material, and
  • a lower section having a substantially truncated cone shape and comprising a second outlet for classified coarse particulate material, and a secondary air inlet, the lower section being in fluid communication with the upper section and having an upper diameter larger than the diameter of the lower end of the upper section.
  • the apparatatus comprises in combination:
  • an inlet pipe for supplying particulate material dispersed in an air flow, the inlet pipe being arranged with its longitudinal axis substantially vertically and within the classification apparatus housing and extending from a distance below the separating wheel down through the lower section of the classification apparatus housing,
  • a feed distributor having a tip end directed downwards and arranged substantially concentrically with the inlet pipe and the separating wheel, and optionally connected to the upper end of the inlet pipe by means of at least two connection elements, such as bars and similar, the feed distributor is dimensioned and arranged in a distance below the separating wheel in a manner that directs the feed of unclassified material beyond the separating wheel, and
  • a secondary classification zone comprising a substantially funnel shaped lower housing, the upper section of which exhibiting a secondary air inlet arranged tangential to the circumference of the lower housing to supply secondary air in a direction cocurrently with the direction of rotation of the separating wheel.
  • the classifier according to the invention provides high efficiency of classification, thanks to its construction:
  • the substantially vertically arranged inlet pipe provides good dispersion of the feed in the air supply, and produces no collision between the feed and the classified coarse stream. Accordingly, the inlet pipe results in a high classification efficiency
  • the spiral shaped outlet for the fine fraction converts the circulating air flow into a straight substantially turbulent flow, which reduces the friction loss which appears with outlet fittings in the form of a straight pipe or an ordinary bend,
  • the supply of secondary air provides high classification efficiency by separating any fine material connected to the coarse material which is falling down through the upper section and thereafter through the lower section, and
  • the feed cone which is attached to the inlet pipe, provides uniform distribution of the feed material around the rotor, and good dispersion in the air before the classification starts.
  • the feed cone is static with regard to the rotor and to the air feed containing unclassified material, very little wear will appear on the surface of the feed cone.
  • the arrangement of the feed distributor in relation to the separating wheel prevents the particles to be classified from colliding with the separating wheel, thus establishing a proper dispersion of particulate material in the classification zone and avoiding wear to the separating wheel.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view which illustrates an embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention in a longitudinal cross section
  • FIG. 2 is a cross sectional view taken along the line A--A of FIG. 1, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the apparatus, of the spiral shaped outlet for air and coarse material,
  • FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view taken along the line B--B of FIG. 1, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the apparatus, of the primary classification zone,
  • FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view taken along the line C--C of FIG. 1, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the apparatus, of the secondary air inlet, and
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram which illustrates the particle size distribution obtained by classification with an apparatus according to the invention and a prior art apparatus.
  • the feed material enters the classifier mixed with the air through the vertical pipe 106. Then, it is distributed inside the upper section 101 of the classifier by the feed distributor 107. As the material approaches the rotor 111, connected via a shaft 112 to a drive means (not shown), the fine material is captured by the air flow and travels through the rotor blades 111a and into the spiral shaped outlet section 102 via aperture 113 and leaves the classifier together with the main air stream.
  • the feed distributor 107 is illustrated as a cone arranged with its tip end downwards and with a upper end diameter slightly less than the external diameter of the separating wheel.
  • the feed distributor is arranged at a certain distance below the separating wheel so that an imaginary cone (not illustrated) established as an extension of the real cone 107 envelop or at least touch the lower end of the separating wheel.
  • an imaginary cone (not illustrated) established as an extension of the real cone 107 envelop or at least touch the lower end of the separating wheel.
  • the shape and arrangment of the feed distributor is however dependent on the air speed and the wear tolerance of the distributor material.
  • a feed cone having a relatively smaller diameter will have to be arranged at a greater distance below the separating wheel, and a feed cone having the same diameter as the separating wheel can be arranged very close to the separating wheel.
  • other shapes are also conceivable: a cone having a longitudinally arched surface, which directs the flow more radially than a cone of the IPS height and diameter having a ⁇ plane ⁇ surface. The latter construction enables the feed distributor to be arranged close to the separating wheel.
  • the coarse material is rejected outside the rotor 111 due to the centrifugal forces and falls down to the coarse fraction collection zone 110, and further to the discharging zone 103.
  • the material is additionally rinsed from the fine grains t)y secondary air 105 which enters the lower section or discharging cone 103 tangentially.
  • the presence of the supply pipe 106 at the secondary air inlet 105 prevents the establishment of a stationary air zone, as discussed in the prior art section above.
  • the fine grains removed from the surface of the coarse grains can then be taken up to the rotor area by the air flowing upwards to the primary classification zone.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates the outlet 102 of the classification apparatus taken radially with regard to the longitudinal axis of the apparatus.
  • the outlet communicates with the primary classification zone via an aperture 113 in the lower section of the outlet housing 102, and the shaft of the rotor or separating wheel 111 is indicated at 112.
  • the centrifugal forces gradually are converted to straight forward flow, thus reducing the friction loss which is experienced with outlets shaped as for example a 90° bend.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates the primary classification zone in a view similar to FIG. 2, in which the upper housing is indicated at 101, the rotor at 111 having a number of substantially radially directed blades, and a shaft 112.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates the secondary classification zone in a view similar to the FIGS. 2 and 3, where the secondary air inlet is indicated at 105, attached tangentially to the periphery of the lower section 103.
  • the inlet pipe 106 for air and material to be classified occupies the central portion of the secondary classification zone, there will be no occurence of a stationary air core which may restrain the performance of the classifier.
  • the present example is provided in order to illustrate the improved operation of the apparatus according to the invention compared with the preferred prior art apparatus represented by U.S. Pat. No. 4,528,091 mentioned above, hereinafter described as the Alpine system.
  • the respective apparatuses were used to classify particulate silicon carbide.
  • the process parameters which are summarized in the Table below, were adjusted to obtain as even conditions as possible, i.e., same amount of air per opening area of the rotor, and same concentration of feed in the air stream.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates the result of the classification.
  • the coarse fraction classified in the prior art apparatus contains a lot of fine grains which normally should be classified to the fine fraction.
  • the present apparatus results in a very narrow particle size distribution, as is evident from the figure.
  • the result with regard to the fine fraction is however the same for both apparatuses.
  • a more efficient classification also provides higher capacity and energy efficient grinding in grinding systems employing classifiers working in closed circuits.
  • the present invention provides an apparatus which result in a more efficient classification and a product of higher quality, and thanks to the arrangement of the coarse fraction outlet, the supply pipe and the secondary air, the reduced friction loss provides a more energy efficient classification.
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